Dolefully and Hard

Dolefully

Dolefully adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: the novelist dolefully remarked that the proceeds from his last book would scarcely buy a dollhouse, let alone a real house

Hard and dolefully are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hard" instead an adverb "Dolefully".

Nearby Word: doleful

Hard

Hard adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: took the news of their grandfather's death hard

Dolefully and hard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dolefully" instead an adverb "Hard".

Nearby Words: harden, hardship, hardy, hardly, hardness

Mutual synonyms

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